Piper Nelson

5 - Piper Nelson

Height:

5'9

Hometown:

Atkins, IA

Position:

Year:

Fr.

High School:

Benton

m 38

k/s 1.95

h % .159

a/s 0.06

b/s 0.28

sa/s 0.37

d/s 1.78

Freshman Season (Fall 2024): Appeared in all 38 matches as a true freshman while playing in 139 sets as a primary outside hitter... Ranked third on the team with 271 kills on the year... Posted 10 double-digit kill matches on the year, including season-high 14 kills twice... Ranked third on the team with 51 service aces Ranked fifth on the team with 248 digs on the year... Tallied 39 total blocks, including 12 solo stops... Named ICCAC DI Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week for the week of November 4-10... Named to the 2025 Spring ICCAC Academic All-Region Second-Team (3.5-4.0 GPA)... Named to the 2024 Fall ICCAC Academic All-Region 11 Second-Team (3.0-3.5 GPA)... Member of the NJCAA Academic Team of the Year

Before IHCC: Attended Benton Community High School in Van Horn, Iowa... Member of the volleyball, basketball, soccer, and track & field programs... Competed on the volleyball team under head coach Mike Embretson... Two-time first-team All-Conference selection, Northeast All-District team selection, two-time second-team All-Conference selection... Also competed for the Cedar Rapids Surge club team... Second-team All-Conference selection as part of the basketball team... Two-time first-team All-Conference honors as part of the soccer team... Member of National Honor Society

Personal: Born September 7, 2006 in Atkins, Iowa... Daughter of Brandi and Troy Nelson... Three siblings Macee, Tate, and Elliott... Biology major

Recent Games
Nov 9	vs. #17 Mineral Area	W, 3-1
Nov 10	vs. Southwestern Illinois	W, 3-1
Nov 20	vs. #3 (3) New Mexico Military	W, 3-0
Nov 21	vs. #7 (6) Barton	L, 3-0
Nov 22	vs. #11 (10) MSU - WP	L, 3-0
Nov 23	vs. #8 (8) Utah State Eastern	L, 3-1

Statistics category	Overall	Conf
Matches	38	3
Sets	139	13
Kills	271	20
Kills per set	1.95	1.54
Errors	143	12
Total Attacks	806	75
Total Attacks per set	5.80	5.77
Hitting Percentage	.159	.107
Assists	8	0
Assists per set	0.06	0.00
Service Total Attempts	54	0
Service Aces	51	6
Service Errors	29	5
Service Aces per set	0.37	0.46
Receptions	614	65
Reception Errors	46	2
Digs	248	21
Digs per set	1.78	1.62
Block Solo	12	2
Block Assist	27	2
Block Total	39	4
Blocks per set	0.28	0.31
Block Errors	3	0
Ball Handling Errors	1	0
Points	347.5	29.0
Points per set	2.5	2.2
Matches started	35	3

Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	k	e	ta	pct	a	sa	se	r	re	digs	bs	ba	be	tot	bhe	pts
Aug 13	William Penn		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 17	at Southeastern		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 17	vs. John Wood		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 17	vs. Clarke University		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 22	vs. Eastern Arizona	W, 3-0	1	3	6	5	21	.048	0	2	2	12	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	8.0
Aug 23	vs. Dodge City	W, 3-2	1	5	12	1	28	.393	0	2	0	22	3	8	1	0	0	1	0	15.0
Aug 23	vs. #7 Weatherford	W, 3-2	1	5	5	9	32	-.125	0	1	0	25	2	9	1	2	0	3	1	8.0
Aug 24	vs. #8 Odessa	L, 3-2	1	5	13	8	43	.116	0	0	1	22	1	16	1	0	0	1	0	14.0
Aug 27	DMACC	W, 3-2	1	5	14	6	34	.235	0	1	1	19	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	15.0
Aug 28	at Kirkwood	L, 3-0	1	3	3	3	13	.000	0	1	0	14	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0
Aug 30	vs. Western Nebraska	W, 3-0	1	3	7	3	15	.267	0	1	1	18	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	8.0
Aug 30	vs. Hutchinson	L, 3-2	1	5	14	3	25	.440	0	0	0	5	1	2	1	2	0	3	0	16.0
Aug 31	at McCook	W, 3-1	-	4	10	3	27	.259	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	11.0
Aug 31	vs. Hill	W, 3-0	1	3	3	0	10	.300	0	3	0	6	1	7	1	0	0	1	0	7.0
Sep 3	at Jefferson	W, 3-0	1	3	2	3	13	-.077	1	2	1	17	1	10	0	1	0	1	0	4.5
Sep 5	Southeastern	W, 3-0	1	3	8	5	19	.158	0	2	0	8	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	10.0
Sep 11	Carl Sandburg	W, 3-1	1	4	10	0	13	.769	0	0	2	15	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	10.0
Sep 13	vs. #15 New Mexico	W, 3-2	1	5	9	5	24	.167	0	2	0	25	2	10	0	2	0	2	0	12.0
Sep 13	at #6 Northeastern	L, 3-1	1	4	10	7	36	.083	0	1	0	19	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	11.0
Sep 14	vs. #4 Barton	L, 3-1	1	4	8	4	25	.160	0	1	2	41	4	3	1	3	1	4	0	11.5
Sep 14	vs. Laramie County	L, 3-2	1	3	9	3	23	.261	0	0	1	14	2	7	0	0	1	0	0	9.0
Sep 24	at Iowa Western	L, 3-1	1	4	4	6	24	-.083	0	1	1	15	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	5.5
Oct 3	at #14 Missouri State - West Plains	W, 3-1	1	4	6	8	27	-.074	0	3	0	15	2	11	0	1	0	1	0	9.5
Oct 4	vs. #12 Trinity Valley	W, 3-2	1	1	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Oct 4	vs. Panola College	W, 3-2	-	4	6	2	12	.333	0	3	2	14	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	9.0
Oct 5	Hawkeye	W, 3-0	1	3	6	1	15	.333	0	2	1	14	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	8.0
Oct 11	vs. Hutchinson	W, 3-0	1	3	4	4	12	.000	0	0	0	12	0	10	0	3	0	3	0	5.5
Oct 11	vs. #13 Missouri State - West Plains	L, 3-0	1	3	2	3	9	-.111	0	2	0	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0
Oct 12	vs. Vincennes	W, 3-0	1	3	3	4	7	-.143	0	2	2	11	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	5.5
Oct 12	vs. Mineral Area	L, 3-2	-	4	12	5	31	.226	0	0	0	23	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	12.0
Oct 15	Jefferson	W, 3-0	1	3	9	0	16	.563	0	2	2	14	1	4	2	1	0	3	0	13.5
Oct 17	#RV Iowa Western	W, 3-2	1	5	9	2	29	.241	0	1	2	26	2	10	1	0	0	1	0	11.0
Oct 19	vs. Illinois Central	W, 3-0	1	3	2	5	14	-.214	1	1	1	10	1	11	1	0	0	1	0	4.0
Oct 23	at Iowa Western	W, 3-1	1	4	7	4	22	.136	0	4	2	24	0	5	1	1	0	2	0	12.5
Oct 24	Northeast	W, 3-1	1	4	8	3	25	.200	1	2	1	17	3	12	0	0	0	0	0	10.0
Oct 28	at DMACC	W, 3-0	1	3	8	3	21	.238	0	1	2	7	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	9.5
Nov 9	vs. #17 Mineral Area	W, 3-1	1	4	10	3	25	.280	1	1	0	18	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	11.5
Nov 10	vs. Southwestern Illinois	W, 3-1	1	4	10	5	23	.217	0	2	0	15	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	13.0
Nov 20	vs. #3 (3) New Mexico Military	W, 3-0	1	3	6	3	23	.130	0	1	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	7.5
Nov 21	vs. #7 (6) Barton	L, 3-0	1	3	5	4	25	.040	0	0	1	10	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	5.5
Nov 22	vs. #11 (10) MSU - WP	L, 3-0	1	3	3	1	18	.111	1	0	0	34	1	3	0	2	0	2	0	4.0
Nov 23	vs. #8 (8) Utah State Eastern	L, 3-1	1	4	8	8	24	.000	3	4	0	26	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	12.5
Mar 27	vs. Iowa Central		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 27	vs. Iowa Central		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 27	vs. Ellsworth		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apr 5	Upper Iowa University		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apr 12	vs. John Wood		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apr 12	vs. Illinois Central		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apr 12	vs. Spoon River		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apr 15	William Penn University		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	r	re	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
2024-25	38	139	271	1.95	143	806	.159	8	0.06	51	0.37	614	46	248	1.78	12	27	39	0.28	347.5	2.5
2025-26	35	121	322	2.66	181	884	.160	6	0.05	51	0.42	681	49	327	2.70	5	18	23	0.19	387.0	3.2
Total	73	260	593	2.28	324	1690	.159	14	0.05	102	0.39	1295	95	575	2.21	17	45	62	0.24	734.5	2.8

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	r	re	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Total	38	139	271	1.95	143	806	.159	8	0.06	51	0.37	614	46	248	1.78	12	27	39	0.28	347.5	2.5
Conference	3	13	20	1.54	12	75	.107	0	0.00	6	0.46	65	2	21	1.62	2	2	4	0.31	29.0	2.2
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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Home	7	27	64	2.37	17	151	.311	1	0.04	10	0.37	113	11	53	1.96	3	1	4	0.15	77.5	2.9
Away	8	29	50	1.72	37	183	.071	1	0.03	13	0.45	117	7	48	1.66	1	7	8	0.28	67.5	2.3
Neutral	23	83	157	1.89	89	472	.144	6	0.07	28	0.34	384	28	147	1.77	8	19	27	0.33	202.5	2.4
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Wins	26	94	180	1.91	88	510	.180	4	0.04	41	0.44	378	28	189	2.01	9	17	26	0.28	238.5	2.5
Losses	12	45	91	2.02	55	296	.122	4	0.09	10	0.22	236	18	59	1.31	3	10	13	0.29	109.0	2.4
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August	10	41	87	2.12	41	248	.185	0	0.00	11	0.27	149	13	72	1.76	5	6	11	0.27	106.0	2.6
September	8	30	60	2.00	33	177	.153	1	0.03	9	0.30	154	14	51	1.70	1	7	8	0.27	73.5	2.5
October	14	47	82	1.74	45	243	.152	2	0.04	23	0.49	206	13	93	1.98	5	8	13	0.28	114.0	2.4
November	6	21	42	2.00	24	138	.130	5	0.24	8	0.38	105	6	32	1.52	1	6	7	0.33	54.0	2.6

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